(Finance) – As first vice-president of the European Committee of Agricultural Professional Organizations (Copa), the president of Confagricoltura, Maximilian Giansantitoday he was present at a meeting with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen and attended by the two presidents of Copa Cogeca, Christiane Lambert, and Lennart Nilsson. The meeting, which is part of the strategic dialogue recently launched by the President, served to reiterate the need to strengthen Europe’s agricultural production capacity and protect its food security and sovereignty.
Climate, wars, speculative financial dynamics and inflation are the main obstacles the EU must face. And to do this, Giansanti underlined on the sidelines of the meeting, “we need a Pac simpler and more modern that accompanies farmers to the market”. During the meeting This morning we also talked about the regulation for the simplified application of the common agricultural policy approved by the Commission on 24 April. A measure that Copa Cogeca judges as a first step towards a necessary change.
The issue of. was also discussed with President von der Leyen practices disloyal he was born in principle of reciprocity to be applied in commercial relations with third countries. There are still too many measures that do not favor European companies and there is still a lot to do to support prices at origin and recognize the right value for production. Objectives, which can only be achieved by strengthening customs controls and by enforcing the principle of reciprocity.
Regarding the business support, Giansanti also positively evaluates the modification to the Nitrates Directive and the extension to the use of Renue fertilizers for the recovery of nitrogen. “Now we need to work to facilitate agricultural companies in the production of digestate,” he added.